cœlacanth

A form of coelacanth — Any of the class Actinistia of primitive lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes—thought to have been extinct for 70 million years until a living specimen was discovered in 1938. Most species are large and plump and they all have bodies covered in tough elasmoid scales that act as armor.

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Meanings

nouncœlacanth (plural cœlacanths)

plural cœlacanths

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of coelacanth.
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